The Union Cabinet approved proposals for two highway projects worth over Rs 5,000 crore. The Rs 2,015.6 crore highway project in Bihar will be implemented with financial assistance from Japan. The other one is four-lane 368.2-km-stretch in Odisha. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) also approved the implementation to four-lane the Patna-Gaya-Dobhi section in Bihar with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) loan assistance.

Atlas Copco today was again recognized as one of the most sustainable companies by the annual Global 100 list. The list, presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, ranks companies that show they are increasing productivity while using less resources. Atlas Copco is ranked 18th on the list.

In order to facilitate coordinated planning and implementation of the city's transportation network, Kochi Metro Rail (KMRL) plans to set up a special purpose vehicle (SPV). The SPV, which would be set up under the aegis of the Unified Metropolitan Authority, would focus on the development of Kochi city's waterways, which will be integrated with the proposed metro rail system.

For urgent, time sensitive and high value international heavyweight shipments, UPS has announced a new express air freight service, UPS Worldwide Express Freight. This new service is an extension of the UPS Worldwide Express package portfolio. Customers now can ship pallets over 70 kg as easily as packages exclusively within UPS's global air network from 37 origins to 41 destination countries.

During the April-December 2012-13, freight loading by South Eastern Railway (SER) rose 4.56 per cent to 92.16 million tonne (mn t) as against 88.14 mn t during the year-ago period. Till December 2012, the performance of SER surpassed the target laid down by Railway Board. The division loaded 5.75 mn t more than the Railway Board target, an increase of 6.65 per cent.

In Kolkata, the new integrated terminal of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport may take more than two months to be fully operational with all the promised facilities in place. On January 19, Airports Authority of India said that the airport would be operational by March.

Delhi Airport Metro Express (DAMEPL) announced that the Airport Metro line resumed commercial operations at its regular timing from January 22. India's first Airport Express initially started its commercial operation on February 23, 2011.

The telecoms department plans to expedite amendment of the Trai Act as it intends to initiate interministerial consultation within a month's time and float a Cabinet note for final approval by mid-March. TRAI works according to the Trai Act which states its functions and powers to be used for ensuring protection of consumer interest and growth of the industry.

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has reviewed and approved the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the first monorail corridor from Shastri Park Metro Station to Trilokpuri in Delhi.
DMRC would implement the 11-km corridor in east Delhi and this would be integrated with three different lines of the existing Metro network. The Rs 2,235 crore corridor, which is expected to be completed by 2017, will have 12 stations and work on the project would start in the next couple of months.

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